I am into the axle job and going along slow as usual. My precious home-made tool for the 14mm plugs in the diff didn't succeed as the plugs are too tough , so I have a 14mm Allen wrench on order from the local NAPA store, should arrive tomorrow.

In the meantime, I am looking at draining the diff the hard way, by lowering it and popping the back off. Should make a nice mess! I did notice, however, that the left (driver's side) half-shaft and the exhaust pipe won't allow the diff to lower more than two or three inches (see photo). Will this be enough? I haven't seen anything about disconnecting the exhaust so I must assume it will be enough. Comments?

Jeremy

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